Santa Monica has released God of War Ragnarok update 5.004 across the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. Read on for the details and GOW Ragnarok patch notes for January 18.
God of War Ragnarok Update 5.004 Patch Notes | God of War Ragnarok January 18 Patch Notes
Update: Santa Monica has released the official patch notes.
BUG FIXES
GAMEPLAY
- Fixed an issue where rifts would not close and block progression after many hours of play
- Fixed an issue preventing the Rönd of Purification from being unlocked successfully
- Adjusted score calculations (Settings / Difficulty Hud Visualization to enable) to increase reward for higher risk taking and avoiding death
- Fixed an issue with final score calculation being lower than expected after using suspend and resume
- Fixed an issue where health stones would erroneously re-appear
- Fixed an issue that was preventing the Axe Weapon Glyph: Bare Force from ever being offered
- Fixed an issue where the Axe Labor: Pride of the Frost would not update correctly
- Improved re-roll tokens to not present the previous runic options at Runic Glyph chests
- Three burden opportunities per attempt can now be guaranteed if the player has an open burden glyph slot when arriving at the Labyrinth
- Fixed an issue preventing the Hind of Deadly Vitality and Hilt of Weightless Recovery from being fully upgraded in New Game +
- Various glyph and combat balance tuning for improved game health
GENERAL STABILITY
- Fixed an issue where the Lost Items chest would be open after returning to base game preventing the acquisition of Valhalla completion unlocks
- Fixed an issue where Kratos could fall through the world when interacting with a rift
- Fixed an issue where the Chest Breaker upgrade would not work in the Vanaheim sanctuary
- Fixed a crash related to burdens and challenges in the menu
- Fixed an issue where a part of Mimir and Sigrun’s story would be skipped
- Kratos did some work on his shoulders to round them out a bit more
- Various additional smaller stability fixes
We’re still waiting on the official patch notes from Santa Monica.
We do know that since the last update, the studio did confirm that they were investigating a bug relating to Rond of Purification. Safe to assume that this patch fixes that, though we’ll need to wait for some confirmation.
Congratulations on your clear!
— Santa Monica Studio – God of War Ragnarök (@SonySantaMonica) December 19, 2023
As of our latest v. 5.03 patch, all Hunter Armor pieces are now available!
Our team has confirmed that there is a bug preventing the Rond of Purification from being unlocked. We’ll continue to investigate the issue and appreciate your patience.
“Our team has confirmed that there is a bug preventing the Rond of Purification from being unlocked. We’ll continue to investigate the issue and appreciate your patience.”
For now, assume this update is related to bug fixes. Don’t expect any new content to arrive with it.
Update: The official patch notes have been added in.
Source: Santa Monica Support